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Adrius
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posted September 09, 2013 05:23 PM |
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Skyre has many options for duelists. It introduces timed blocking that is several times more effective than normal blocking.
You can choose perks for longswords that makes you completely nullify damage when timed blocking, and boost your damage a second after timed blocking by up to 500%.
Other options for other weapons exist too, like shortspears and scimitars and ****.
Very well rounded mod, not as roleplayey as Requiem though.
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posted September 15, 2013 07:58 PM |
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Playing some more Dragonborn; Vahlok's Tomb was cool. I admit to being a little disappointed you can't steer the dragons you Bend Will though.  A flying mount every now and then would be useful, when it's just for the coolness factor it falls a little flat.
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Okay, so you can at least fast travel while a-dragonback. Still would like to fly normally, but there is something to be said for swooping into Falkreath on a dragon then nonchalantly walking in. 
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Finally finally FINALLY got all those Stones of Barenziah after grabbing a mod to add Quest markers.  I have to admit after getting Dragonborn I'm disappointed they didn't replace the ghost at the end's Thalmor-style Elven armor with Bonemold. The ghosts don't seem to do anything meaningful, the least they can do is add atmosphere. 
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After maxing out my last skill (and leaving 100,000+ septims in Farengar's shop inventory in the process) and killing the Ebony Warrior, I've finally retired Harath, my Khajiit. I rolled up a Dunmer assassin and am currently poking around Riften; I think I'm going to start with the Thieves' Guild for a little while before going Dark Brotherhood.
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@ Adrius (or anyone else with knowledge and/or interest in the thing):
I was browsing the wiki when I came across this statement:
White Gold Tower is speculated to wield the power necessary to keep Mundus from dissolving back into Oblivion.
That sounds interesting, I thought, let's see what that's about. So I poked around in the references and found this. Of particular note:
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Like all of the polydox constructs of the earliest Aldmer-- whatever their abnegaurbic creed-- White-Gold Tower is a conduit of creatia, aad sembia sembio, built to bring about a reversal of the congealing spiritual bleed caused by the Convention. In other words, it was a focus point for (re-)reaching the divine.
Which sounds useful except that earlier in that same document it states:
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The Towers built on the Mundus, since the lands around them congealed in the absence of the gods, were unable to match the capriciousness of the Lords of Misrule.
So...doesn't the wiki have it backwards?  Because it looks to me like it says White-Gold was made to dissolve Mundus, not keep it from dissolving.
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Adrius
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posted October 24, 2013 06:35 PM |
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Edited by Adrius at 18:39, 24 Oct 2013.
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Remember that all lore in TES is speculation, it's all told from the mouths of people in the world itself... almost nothing is official, and different scientists, wizards and whatever within the world of TES contradict each other with their theories.
In this case, based on that text alone, you have it backwards. Congeal means frozen, and that is apparently what was happening to the lands without the presence of gods. The tower (and other towers of the same purpose) focused divine energies to enable Mundus to exist without any real god of its own.
Whether this is correct or not is of course up to debate, I've personally never read of it myself. However, if you take into account that the Amulet of Kings is supposed to be White-Gold Tower's "stone" which connects to its power, and that without the Amulet of Kings (and an emperor, as seen in the Oblivion Crisis) Mundus becomes suspectible to invasion from Oblivion realms, it kinda makes sense. The barriers between the worlds dissolve, and Mundus becomes vulnerable... if Mehrunes Dagon had won and taken over Mundus it would've stabilized again though I guess, with the presence of a god again. It's an interesting idea that Mundus needs a substitute for gods to remain in existance 
But yeah, the towers were seemingly created to protect mundus, not destroy it.
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posted October 26, 2013 12:37 AM |
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I am aware they're speculating, but there isn't a whole lot of point in theorizing using the assumption that every single scrap of lore is completely false. Because that happens to be the case.
So! Onward.
The idea that the chaos going away is associated with the creation of the world is well-documented, by which I mean there are actual in-game references for it: here and here. Ergo, bringing the chaos back would mean un-making the world.
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posted October 26, 2013 02:28 AM |
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Oh god, I basically went back to my old character, who is a veteran centurion and is responsible for finding or conscripting new recruits, (kind alike the black watch in Game of thrones, or the Grey wardens in Dragon age) criminals, beggars, all are called upon to serve. I forge/scavenge (from previous soldiers) the uniform of my soldiers. (about 6-8 sets of them). I recruited quite a few drug dealers, the orc who wants the perfect death, etc. (only my wife is an essential, but she's more of a camp follower/scout than a frontline fighter like the rest of these doomed sods)
Because I'm playing with requiem it doesn't make the game unbalanced, especially considering the creatures that I fight. The most consistent enemy that I've lead my troops against, is the falmer. (initially I had about 9 recruits, only two of them made it out of the falmer cavern)
Btw I use this mod for my troop gear.
Also, my character is impartial about the civil war, sides with the legion by default, but is on good terms with the Stormcloaks and will not fight them unless left no other choice. He prefers to send his men to fight the terrors that prowl the dark rather than spilling the blood of former comrades and citizens.
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Oh god, I might make an armoured bear riding detachment. (if only the ai could use horse back fighting function properly)
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Oh good god, no idea how I survived this bloody long without enhanced character edit, (I made do with race-plus and such) Skyrim's character creation is far too static and I've known this since release, shackled me to fugly peeps....but why the hell didn't I look for a mod?!
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posted October 26, 2013 11:20 PM |
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My new game is going well, found that I had a mod downloaded (idk which one) that placed some detailed throwing 'pilas' into the game, which is very nice indeed. Requiem doesn't allow me to wear my legionnaire armour till I have a few points in heavy armour, (stamina slowly decays which is BAD) so I've taken to wearing the auxillary armour, however this seems to have clipping issues with my new character (never had before, ), but it's not too bad, and the armour's quality makes up for it.
My guy just arrived in Whiterun after a long journey from Solitude, encountering all manner of fiends, but cause I have frostfall on and I forgot to pack survival gear it was an especially uncomfortable journey. I wasn't going to die or get seriously ill from the weather in the low-lands, but since I love to roleplay (and I love the effects of cold, vibration, character making shivering noises, and the screen getting frosty) so when my guy feels unpleasant, I feel unpleasant. Also all he had is some thin linen cloak to begin with, but quickly crafted a cloak out of bear fur, so it wasn't too bad. (plus mead kept his belly warm)
Anyway, he's resting at Whiterun at the moment, going to wait till dawn before recruiting for the legion. (my guy)
Alsooooo, here's general Tullius in my game, looks sooooo much sexier.
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posted October 27, 2013 02:37 AM |
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My Dunmer assassin robbed Delphine at the beginning of the game, and interestingly it's Orgnar who sends the goons after me. Hmm...
@Tsar: *has mental image of Tullius on stage, with microphone, singing loud rock music*
*And some very serious-looking Legionaires behind him on drums and electric guitar*
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posted October 27, 2013 02:47 AM |
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At first glance it looks godawful, but when you watch him move and his voice, he seems over 20 years younger, and a more passionate leader. In vanilla he comes across as some uptight racist who doesn't seem to give a damn about much, with a very anti-climatic personality, which is very damning for the cause considering that Ulfric is a demi-god. (Despite Ulfric's initial burst of awesome, one must consider his 'faults'. >.> )
Edit: Lol @ the new "daughters of war" mod getting **** for having a swastika lookin symbol on it (even it was intended to be thus I'd accept it), it's called bloody role-play, like my SS officer in FO3.
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posted October 28, 2013 05:16 PM |
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killing Tullius was one of the best moments in the game. he's just a swine in my opinion, like all high ranking motherbeepers in real life.
And butchering those thalmor random encounters is also fun.
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Tsar-Ivor
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posted October 28, 2013 06:26 PM |
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What do you have against Tullius, or the Thalmor?
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posted October 28, 2013 06:34 PM |
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Thalmor are snowing snowes man
I kill them whenever I see them just because.
Tullius is okay though. Not nearly as dick as the stormking wannabe.
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posted October 29, 2013 12:27 AM |
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Second Joonas; the impression I get from Tullius is that he's a blunt man, not that he's a bad man, as such. Ignoring his royal screw-up where you're concerned at the beginning, for most of the game he's caught between a rock and a hard place: his job is to protect the Empire from threats, but one of the threats he needs to protect the Empire from are the people giving him orders, namely the Thalmor through the White-Gold Concordant. And he's aware of this! Add to that he is a little lacking in the social graces...yeah, I'd be irritable in his place too.
I concur about the Thalmor however.  I'm still irritated we can't bring the righteous beat down they deserve to their doorstep. 
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posted October 29, 2013 01:05 AM |
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I think they made the thalmor characters unjustly a-holish in the game. Beyond their attitude I see no reason to kill them or wish harm on them. If I had just the lore to go on then I'd side with them for certain.
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JoonasTo
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posted October 29, 2013 05:01 AM |
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Dude, they don't allow freedom of religion.
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posted October 29, 2013 10:39 AM |
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Well they do, they merely do not allow the heretical teachings of Talos. Imagine if you're a proud and strong high elf, and some brute barbarians claim that one of their own have ascended and joined the divines. Not only would the notion be seen as ludicrous, but deeply insulting at the same time.
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kipshasz
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posted October 29, 2013 11:23 AM |
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which makes me more or less want to kill them off. It's like christianty brought to pagan lands. they just force you onto it. I give them the finger any time of the day.
also the thalmor are just paralel with the imperialistic us and jewish goverments. if you don't follow them, they just beat the crap out of you.
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posted October 29, 2013 12:29 PM |
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To me, since both the Thalmor and the Nords worship the divines and have essentially the same religion, it would seem almoist like the difference between Jews and Christians, one faction acknowledges that Jesus was the messiah, the other does not. (as opposed to forcing a whole new religion down the throats of people)
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kipshasz
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posted October 29, 2013 01:10 PM |
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that as well.
but the ones forcing their beliefs on others are just deserving their heads chopped off.
also, the reason I dislike Tullius and was so enjoyed of making him a pin cushion is because he's nothing more than a lapdog and a puppet to the thalmor. the aldmeri dominion with their white gold whaterver crap has just basically occupied the empire.
and the nords are basically fighting for their freedom. The race is a favorite of mine in the TES series, because of their honor of their customs and traditions, which we in the real world lack most of the time.
The game itself has many hidden messages like this imo.
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posted November 09, 2013 04:54 AM |
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Okay I'm really confused now...I went to rent a room at the Bee and Barb and Keerava called me her 'hatchling of the heart' and handed me clothes...what brought this on? Last time I talked to her I was threatening her family in Morrowind.
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posted November 09, 2013 11:16 AM |
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Ahaha think I've had that situation too 
Did you by any chance perhaps give her husband jewels to create their wedding jewelry? You can do that even if you've been thugging about with the thieves guild and they will LOVE you.
Shinies > Threats
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